Bobbin-box stand.



A. ELRHOADES.

BOBBIN BOX STAND.

APPL|CAT!0N FILED AUG.5. 191s.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

By Alonzo E. Rhoctd'es 1W JwMTFm/MMI flTrOR/V EYS.

ALONZO E. RHOADES,

0F HOIPEIDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAIEB CORPORATION, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BOBBIN-IBOX STAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo E. RHoADEs, a citizenof the United States, residing at Hopedale, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bobbin-Box Stands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in bobbin box stands and the object thereof is to provide means for supporting the box which receives the filling carriers discharged from automatic replenishing looms which will position the mouth of said box farther beneath the transferring mechanism and the vaperture upon the lay through which the filling carrier 1s discharged, thus insuring the proper entrance of the dischargedfilling carrier into the box without striking the side or end of the mouth of the box.

It is desirable that as long a bobbin box as possible may be used to receive the filling carriers which are discharged from automatic filling replenishing looms not only for the sake-of holding more bobbins but in order that the outgoing bobbin shall have farther to fall and thus be able to draw the filling out of the shuttle eye and prevent the same from being carried back into the cloth and it is the usual practice to empty the bobbin boxes when about a third full in order that the outgoing filling carrier may have a sufficient distance to fall to effect the removal of the severed end of the old filling from the shuttle. More specifically, therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a bobbin box stand adapted to rest upon the floor and provided with means for inclining the upper end of the bobbin box both toward the side of the loom and toward the path of the picker stick so that the mouth of the bobbin box will be positioned well beneath the transferring mechanism.

Where the stands for bobbin boxes rest upon the floor adjacent the side of the loom the base of the side of the loom frame which projects beyond the vertical plane of the up right members of the frame prevents the stand from being placed closely adjacent to the side of the frame and as the battery or hopper is positioned close to the side of the loom frame the filling carriers which are Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed. August 5, 1918. Serial No. 248,279.

discharged from the shuttle by the incoming filling carrier from the hopper will occasionally strike the side of the mouth of the bobbin box and be injured or thrown away from the box. An important feature of the invention consists in providing a stand adapted to rest upon the floor which is adapted to incline the upper end of the bobbin box resting thereon toward and preferably against the end of the loom frame so that the wall of the mouth will lie well beyond the bases of the bobbins in the hopper.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for so supporting the bobbin box that it will be practically out of the alley between the rows of adjacent looms.

Other objects and features of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanying description and drawings and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view of a portion of the side of the loom with the battery diagrammatically. illustrated showing a bobbin box supported upon a stand embodying a preferred form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view of a bobbin box suption and illustrating the inclination of the bobiin box toward the path of the picker stic Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stand for the bobbin box illustrated in dotted lines, a portion of the side of the loom frame and also illustrating in dotted lines the bobbin box inclined toward the end of the loom frame;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a preferred form of bobbin box stand embodying my inventlon;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the bobbin box stand and a portion of the bottom of the bobbin box taken on lines 55, Fig. 4.

The bobbin box stand is illustrated herein as used in connection with an automatic filling replenishing 100m of the Northrop type, but it will be understood that it is adapted for other uses than with this particular type of loom. The Northrop type of loom is well understood and only a sufficient portion thereof is illustrated to show the relation of the present invention thereto and the advantages secured by the invention. The portion of the loom illustrated herein I ported upon the stand embodying my invenwhich the ends of the filling are carried and wound upon the snubbing post 10. The loom of course is provided with the usual picker stick 11 which is carried upon a rocker 12 resting upon a shoe 13 carried by the end of the lay rocker shaft. The picker stickis oscillated in the central longitudinal plane of the lay and consequently it is impossible to position the mouth of the bobbin box completely under the aperture in the lay through which the filling carriers are discharged from the shuttle upon transfer. The present invention however is designed to position the mouth as far beneath the aperture in the lay as possible so as to insure the proper entry of the filling carrier into the mouth of the bobbin box.

The base 1 of the lay usually projects a short distance beyond the end of the loom frame and consequentlya stand which will support the bobbin box vertically will remove the mouth of the box a corresponding distance from the side of the loom frame. Inasmuch as the disk 7 of the hopper lies very closely adjacent the vertical plane of the side of the loom it is desirable that the mouth of the bobbin box be carried as closely as possible to the side of the loom. The bobbin box stand therefore embodying my invention has been so designed as to incline the upper end of the bobbin box both toward the path of the picker stick and toward the side of the loom thereby positioning its mouth as directly beneath the trans ferring mechanism and the aperture in the lay through which the filling carriers are discharged as is possible.

A preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated herein comprises a stand preferably f the same contour as the flanged base of the commercial bobbin box 14:, which as illustrated herein is rectangular. The stand is preferably of skeleton form comprising upstanding ends 15 and 16 and sides 17 and 18 which may be connected by strengthening web 19, 20 of any suitable character. Three of the corners of the stand are preferably provided with extensions or legs 21, 22, 23 having screw holes 24 by means of which the same may be secured to the floor of the weave shed. The upper surface of the side portions 15 and 16 inclines downwardly from the side 18 toward the side 17 while that of the sides 17 and 18 inclines downwardly from the side 'box as far beneath the lay ferring position as is possible.

16 toward the side 15 thereby causing the plane of the upper surface of the stand to slant diagonally downwardly from the corner supported by the leg 22 toward the diagonally opposite corner 25 which if desired may rest directly upon the floor without any supporting leg.

The usual bobbin can which is rectangular in form has vertical sides 26 which are seamed at their lower edges about a downwardly extending flange 28 on the bottom 29. This seamed portion of the can is also usually provided with a reinforcing band 30 which is riveted or otherwise secured to the side of the can and to the flange 28 of its bottom. The upwardly extending members 15, 16, 17 and 18 desirably areso constructed as to fit within the downwardly extending flange at the bottom of-the can so that the can is held very securely in position when" once placed upon the stand. The stand is secured to the floor of the weave shed in closeproximity with the base 1 of the frame and its inner edge placed as far beneath the battery of the loom as possible without causing the can to lie in the path of the shoe that supports the picker stick or the picker check mechanism. The inclination of the upper surface of the members 15, 16, 17, and

.18 is such as to cause the upper end of the bobbin box to contact with or lie closely adjacent the side of the loom frame and also to carry the inner edge of the mouth of the when in trans- By reason of this construction the proper entry of the discharged filling carriers into the box is insured and liability of damage to them avoided.

It will be understood that the embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is illustratlve merely and'not restrictive and that various modifications may be made within the spirit and scope of the accompanying claims.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1 Av bobbin box support for automatic filling replenishing looms comprising means for inclining the top of the bobbin box both toward the side of the loom and toward the having a base adapted to rest upon the fioor and having means to engage and. hold the bottom of said bobbin box, said means slanting downwardly "diagonally of said base whereby the top of the bobbin box will be inclined toward the side of the loom frame and toward the path of the picker stick.

3. A bobbin box support for automatic filling replenishing looms comprising a base having upstanding peripheral side and end members adapted to fit within the flange at the bottom of the bobbin box, the upper surfaces of said side and end members lying in a plane slanting downwardly from one corner to the diagonally opposite corner.

4:. A bobbin box support for automatic filling replenishing looms comprising a skeleton base having feet at certain of its corners adapted to be secured to the floor and upstanding end and side members the upper surfaces of said side and end members lying in a plane slanting downwardly from one corner to the diagonally opposite corner.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALONZO E. RHOADES.

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